Horrid customs, or, An afflicting narrative relative to the burning of Hindoo widows on the funeral piles of their deceased husbands : developing numerous instances of dreadful cruelty, and female devotion

by: Cruikshank, Robert,1789-1856.egr; Hodgson & Co. (Publishers)

Publication date: 1822

Topics: Sati., Chapbooks -- Specimens., Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 19th century, McGill University Library Digitized Title, McGill Library's Chapbook Collection, Sati, Chapbooks

Publisher: London : Printed by and for Hodgson & Co., No. 10, Newgate-Street

Collection: mcgilluniversitychapbook; mcgilluniversity; toronto

Contributor: McGill University Library

Language: English

1 v. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.

Undated. Dates from publisher's form of name and years of activity at address, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 91

"Sixpence."

Title page and frontispiece only

Hand-coloured frontispiece probably by Robert Cruikshank

Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 1 in a collection of 57 title pages and frontispieces from 1820 to 1828 that represent a better technique than some earlier examples as the strong colours are not applied as carelessly as some of the earlier and cheaper booklets. Unnumbered; accession number: 359087

Addeddate: 2014-02-14 16:18:01

Callnumber: RBD MAIN elf PN970 R63 no.B Rare Books/Special Collections - McLennan Bldg, 4th floor

Identifier: McGillLibrary-PN970_R63_no_B_elf-1834

Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t6n03q61b

Note: Undated. Dates from publisher's form of name and years of activity at address, cf. P.A.H. Brown. London publishers and printers, p. 91.
"Sixpence."
Title page and frontispiece only. CaQMM
Hand-coloured frontispiece probably by Robert Cruikshank.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 1 in a collection of 57 title pages and frontispieces from 1820 to 1828 that represent a better technique than some earlier examples as the strong colours are not applied as carelessly as some of the earlier and cheaper booklets. Unnumbered; accession number: 359087.